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WHS don't change start times

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Mark
10 years ago Featured

Think of the elementary school kids who will be arriving at home before their older siblings with no one to watch and help them. More families will have to get daycare. But maybe you knew that, hmm WPS?

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Nathaniel Stay
10 years ago

I agree. Also, with extracurriculars starting after school at the WHS, programs will be forced to meet before school, resulting in the same wake-up time, but having less homework time due to the later release.

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Jane King
10 years ago Featured

If sleep deprivation is the primary concern, the school board should also evaluate the quantity of homework assigned to students. Otherwise, little will be accomplished (if anything).

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John Smith
10 years ago

I would rather not do AP Calc past midnight after football practice

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Bailey Dranchak
10 years ago

I think that pushing back the start times is not in the students' best interest. Pushing back start times would push back ending times, meaning after-school activities would also be pushed back, resulting in the same amount of sleep.

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Randee McGown
10 years ago

I agree that starting later is not the answer. Don't change times, especially to the late time at CMS. If the kids do any activities, whether school sports or otherwise, they will not have time for homework. So either eliminate homework and change the times or keep as is please!!

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Charles
10 years ago

This will push kids to stay up later and make less time for homework and extracurriculars.

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luke sharpe
10 years ago

Lets go

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Joelle Gosch
10 years ago

Please don't change the high school start times. My kids are against it!

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Aynsley Corbett
10 years ago

Please keep our start time the same, for those who play high school sports will get home super late from practice and on game days it will be close to 7,8 or even 9.

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Paige jaeger
10 years ago

Plus, driving to school on late start days is stressful because it's during the time adults drive to work. Because the school currently starts at 7:30, we avoid all that traffic, which also results in less car accidents. If we have to compete with the daily work traffic rush, I would most likely only leave 45 mins later that I do now. Is 45 mins extra of sleep worth missing extra classes for out of school activities, more traffic, and getting home later?

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Claudia Wikman
10 years ago

If we get out of school later, sports ends later, and homework takes just as long. In reality if we end 50 min later, we go to sleep 50 minutes later

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Gabrielle Bobgan
10 years ago Featured

As an honors student and AP student, I know that I will get the same amount of sleep. I go home, do my homework, and then go to bed. Making a later start time would only increase my usual bedtime of 11 to 12.

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Maja Samec
10 years ago Featured

I hope you take this into consideration, people who are busy with sports and schoolwork would really appreciate this staying the same. This isn't as big of a problem, and parents are the ones who are making the decisions, not us. We deserve to have a say, not just the school board.

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Shanie Cohn
10 years ago

Late starts will only push back after school activities whih will mean that sports will be playing in the dark longer than before and also, the darkness will make people more tired and especially for me, I start to feel like it's super late once it gets dark out so don't do as proficient homework

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Isabel Maymir
10 years ago

Many students at WHS have jobs and participate in after-school activities. Changing the start times, while considered with the best intent, is not the solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Before the school board makes any changes, the should ask the opinions of the people that it will impact, as opposed to adults who do not always know the whole story behind each student. Thank you for making this petition!

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Hunter blasius
10 years ago

Taking away an hour+ of my homework time when as a school group we have the most howework isn't helping.

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Grace Sather
10 years ago

I don't want to stay at school past 3:00 it gets rid of leisure activity time

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Ben Bjorlin
10 years ago

Don't change the start time.

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Tate Purcell
10 years ago

New start time is dumb